Most of us are familiar with the above picture. It delivers the encouraging message that success is a messy affair full of stops, false starts, and wrong turns – only appearing as a straight line afterwards. We tend to smooth out all the squiggles in post(-production). Since North Americans frequently view career success as a …
I’m starting a newsletter titled Synthesis & Emergence, delivered on Sunday evenings. The focus will be on technology, finance, and philosophy. The first issue is already complete and will be available tomorrow, May 10th. Why a newsletter? I was inspired by something Perell wrote about not merely consuming, but also creating: Don’t fall into the …
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Apparently, October 1st is International Coffee Day. Launched in Milan by the International Coffee Organization, the first took place in 2015. In celebration of this heavenly brew of productivity and joy, I will share some personal stories involving coffee. As a kid, coffee held the mystique of an “adult drink”, even more so than beer. …
A couple of days ago, I received an email from HSBC India (an @hsbc.co.in email address) on behalf of HSBC Canada’s Fraud Monitoring team: Even though the majority of these types of emails are phishing attempts, I still briefly scan them, especially if they manage to avoid the junk filters. This one addressed me by …